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Power of empathy through song
One in four women in Sri Lanka (24.9%) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 by a partner or non-partner, according to a survey by the Department of Census and Statistics (with assistance from United Nations Population Fund and the Government of Canada). The survey also found that close to [...]
Local heavy metal goes global with Stigmata’s Spiral Coma
Twenty one years in the industry and local heavy metal group Stigmata is still breaking barriers on a global scale. The band was recently featured on the Global Metal playlist, alongside some of the biggest and most renowned bands on the planet with the song Spiral Coma, which is a record off Stigmata’s third album [...]
IX 2021- Innovative web designs by undergrads
The IEEE Student Branch of IIT recently organised ‘IX 2021’ a competition to assemble all talented designers to explore their creativity and skills and present the most innovative web designs.‘IX 2021’ is a virtual inter-university competition held for the second consecutive year to test the skills of students in the ever-evolving field of UI/UX design. [...]
TV Times
‘We Are The People’:
The four week run started on 11th June for UEFA European Championship (Euro 2020) concluded on 11th July with series of unfortunate incidents at the finals in Wembley. The Italian team were given a hero’s welcome as they arrived back in Rome on Monday, while some of the English team members were under racial abuse and [...]
New wave from ‘Los del Rio’
The duo remembers ‘Macarena’ craze, 25 years later: ‘It’s something we can’t explain’ Twenty-five summers ago, the Billboard charts were dominated by alternative rockers like ‘No Doubt’, ‘Alanis Morissette’, ‘Oasis’, and the ‘Smashing Pumpkins’. But none of those artistes had the Number One song for all of 1996. That honour instead went to a pop [...]
‘Nobody’ in cinemas now
With the opening of cinemas after long closure due to Covid-19 pandemic, Hollywood action thriller ‘Nobody’ is now being screened at leading theatres in Colombo and islandwide. Directed by Ilya Naishuller and written by Derek Kolstad, the film stars Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksei Serebryakov, RZA, Michael Ironside, Colin Salmon, and Christopher Lloyd. ‘Nobody’ follows [...]
Four girls in Pakistan prove power of music
Goethe Institute in its online platform to promote cinema will present Pakistani documentary film ‘Lyari Notes’, a narrative of four young girls who attend Hamza’s music school and learn what it takes to express oneself despite the cycles of violence. The film narrate how in Pakistan a rock star teaches a group of girls to [...]